JPH0445969A - Document/journal and general purpose terminal printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent erroneous recognition or insufficient recognition by providing a holding device which holds magnetic data indicating proper page numbers at each specified position of a page. CONSTITUTION:Magnetic data is read from a magnetic stripe attached to each page of a document or a journal or a bar code printed in a magnetic ink, using a magnetic page recognition part 4, and a particular page is recognized based on the magnetic data. A document or a journal which is magnetically recognized by the magnetic page recognition part 4 is sent to a printing part 6 through a switching valve 5. Next, data is printed on the pages of the document or journal by the printing part 6. If data is printed on a next page of the document or journal, the document or journal is transported to a page turning part 7, where the page is turned. In this case, the page is recognized by the magnetic page recognition part 4 to determine whether the page turned by the page turning part 7 constitutes the correct order of pages.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to forms and general-purpose terminal printers, and more particularly to page recognition of forms printed in IT terminal printers.

Conventional technology Conventionally, in general-purpose terminal printers, printing was
Page recognition was performed by image recognition of the barcode printed on each page of the form.

These conventional general-purpose terminal printers use image recognition to recognize the pages of a form, so if the barcode printed on each page of the form becomes dirty, misrecognition or recognition failures may occur. .

L1 aspect of the invention The present invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional printer, and aims to provide a form and a general-purpose terminal printer that can prevent misrecognition and poor recognition.

Structure of the Invention The form according to the present invention is a form consisting of a plurality of pages, and is characterized in that holding means for holding magnetic data indicating the own page number is provided at a predetermined position of each of the pages.

A general-purpose terminal printer according to the present invention includes a form in which a holding means for holding magnetic data indicating the own page number is provided at a predetermined position of each page, and a reading means for reading the magnetic data held in the holding means of the form. The apparatus is characterized by comprising a recognition stage for performing page recognition from the magnetic data read by the reading means.

Embodiment Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a form (not shown) is sucked in from suction port 1.
is conveyed through a conveyance path 2''2, and image data of the currently weighed page of the form is physically collected by an image processing unit'.

Next, the magnetic page recognition unit 4 pastes (=
Magnetic data is read out from the barcode printed with magnetic ink or magnetic ink, and page recognition is performed from the magnetic data.

The form whose page has been recognized by the magnetic page recognition unit 4 is
The page is conveyed to the printing section 6 via the uJ changing valve 5, and the printing section 6 prints on the page.

Further, when the next page of the form is to be printed, the form is conveyed to the page turning unit 7, and the page is turned over by the page turning unit 7.

At this time, it is determined by page recognition by the magnetic page recognition unit 4 whether or not the page has turned to an iE L page.

When the printing on the form is completed, the magnetic strip processing unit 8 reads and writes data to the magnetic strip pasted on the form (N+), and then the form is discharged from the discharge port 9.

However, if the page recognition in a form is performed using a barcode printed with magnetic ink, the processing by the magnetic stripe processing unit 8 is not performed, and the form is
One mouthful of 9 karari is served.

Note that the suction operation at the suction port 1, the conveyance operation on the conveyance path 2, the image processing at the image processing section 3, the recognition processing at the magnetic page recognition section 4, and the switching operation at the switching valve 5, The printing operation in the printing unit 6, the page turning operation in the page turning unit 7, the magnetic stripe processing in the magnetic stripe processing unit 8, and l,! The discharge operation from the port 9 is controlled by the control unit 8, respectively.

2 is a side view showing the mechanism of the magnetic page recognition unit 4 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 2. In these figures, a magnetic page recognition unit 4 reads magnetic data from a magnetic stripe or a bar code made of magnetic ink of a form conveyed on a conveyance surface 13 by a magnetic helad 1.

The magnetic head 1] is in the magnetic head standby position a when the form is conveyed on the conveyance surface 13'', and when reading magnetic data from the form, the driving force of the motor 2 is applied to the lead screw via the timing belt 14. 15, the magnetic head 11 moves in the direction of arrow A.

The amount of movement of the magnetic helad 11 at this time is measured by the encoder 16 and the sensor 7.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing identifiers for page recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a bar code 21 marked with magnetic ink or the like on a form 20. In this case, the magnetic head 11 first moves over the bar or code 21 in the direction of arrow B.
, and then reads the magnetic data again while moving in the direction of arrow C, and performs page recognition using the magnetic data.

Figure 5 shows the magnetic stripe 2 pasted (=1) on the form 20.
In this case, the magnetic stripe processing section 8 can also rewrite the magnetic data of the magnetic stripe 22.

In this way, by holding the information for page recognition on the form 2o using the magnetic data of the magnetic stripe 22 and the barcode 21 made of magnetic ink, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of erroneous recognition or recognition failure due to dirt. Defense 1].

Effects of the Invention (2) According to the present invention, by performing page recognition using magnetic data held on a form, it is possible to prevent misrecognition or recognition failure due to dirt. There is an effect that it can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Side view showing machine +1'~ of the magnetic page recognition unit in Figure 3.
The figure is a bottom view of FIG. 2, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing an identifier for page recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention. Explanation of symbols of main parts 2...Conveyance path 3...Image processing unit 4...Magnetic page recognition unit 8...Magnetic stripe processing unit 11... Magnetic head applicant Kofu “Ippon Electric Co., Ltd. 11

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A form consisting of a plurality of pages, characterized in that holding means for holding magnetic data indicating the own page number is provided at a predetermined position on each of the pages. (2) A form in which holding means for holding magnetic data indicating the own page number is provided at a predetermined position on each page, a reading means for reading the magnetic data held in the holding means of the form, and a reading means for reading the magnetic data held in the holding means of the form; A general-purpose terminal printer comprising: recognition means for performing page recognition from the generated magnetic data.